Abstract: A hollow rod developable actuator tool including a cylinder defining the outer circumference of the hollow rod, a first tool mechanism, and a second tool mechanism. The hollow rod developable actuator tool transitions from a first closed state wherein the first tool mechanism and second tool mechanism are contained entirely within the outer circumference of the hollow rod to a second open state wherein the first tool mechanism and second tool mechanism extent outside the outer circumference of the hollow rod.

Abstract: Pipe machining apparatuses are provided. In some aspects, a pipe machining apparatus may include a hinge to allow two sections of the pipe machining apparatus to move relative to one another. In another aspect, a support member may be provided to support a pipe machining apparatus on a surface. In a further aspect, a support member may be provided that allows lifting of a pipe machining apparatus in either a horizontal position or a vertical position.

Abstract: A pipe end machining device configured to machine an end of a pipe includes an outer housing having a spindle rotatably mounted therein, tool carriers are mounted on the spindle, a hub assembly attached to the outer housing, a vertical adjustment assembly attached to the hub assembly and to the outer housing, and a drive assembly configured to rotate the spindle and tool carriers. The vertical adjustment assembly adjusts the upward and downward position of the cutting tools relative to the pipe. The hub assembly mounts the device to the pipe and fixes the relative upward or downward position of the cutting tools relative to the pipe, thereby preventing vibration and chatter when the device is cutting a planar surface on the end of the pipe.

Abstract: A working height adjustment device of a processing machine includes a slide seat mounted to a fixing frame seat. The slide seat is provided with an adjustment seat having a through hole. The through hole is inserted with a micro adjustment rod having a threaded section. The micro adjustment rod is pivotally connected with a rotatable handle. A control rod having a link rod is provided between the fixing frame seat and the slide seat. The adjustment seat has an accommodation hole which is provided with an elastic member, a movable member and a push knob. The movable member has an engaging hole. One side of the engaging hole is formed with a toothed portion. The threaded section of the micro adjustment rod passes through the engaging hole. One end of the movable member is inserted into the elastic member, and another end is connected with the push knob.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-vibration plug for machining tubes and to a method for placing said plug inside a tube, wherein the plug comprises a central body (2) with arms (3) that open radially outwards intended to come into contact with the inside of the tube (1), a blocking screen (4) being arranged between the central body (2) and the arms (3), which blocks the inside of the tube (1) in the open position of the arms (3), whereas the central body (2) has an axial hole (5) wherein there is housed a piston (6) which movably acts on a peripheral part (8) which surrounds the central body (2) and generates the movement of the arms (3), the peripheral part (8) being subjected to a pushing force exerted by an elastic element (10) in the opposite direction to that in which the piston (6) pushes.

Abstract: A shaping tool is having a cap, a blade portion and a body. The blade portion having a one or more pairs of blades. The body having a slot being substantially vertical which the blade portion freely slides vertically through. The cap having a first cylindrical portion with an open mouth at a lower portion and a cap at an upper portion. The body having a first cylindrical portion with an open mouth at a lower portion and a cap at an upper portion. The open mouth of the cap comprising an internal diameter being greater than an external diameter of the body. The shaping tool comprising an assembled configuration comprising the blade portion held between the cap and the body and partially within the slot, and the one or more pairs of blades exposed within the body.

Abstract: A method of joining a plurality of elongate log members using mortise and tenon joinery comprises forming mortise sockets in the log members at a controllable depth relative to a longitudinal central axis of the log members. Log members having tenons formed thereon for connection between two mortise bearing log members can thus be standardized and interchangeable with one another even when an outer surface of the log members is irregular in profile. A device for forming mortise sockets and tenons on log members in a reproducible manner comprises a pair of work holders which define a longitudinal axis of the log member. A mortise cutter and a tenon cutter are supported for movement relative to the work holders for controllably forming the mortise sockets and tenons in a log member relative to the longitudinal central axis of the log member.

Abstract: The invention having a chassis includes a transverse guiding plate located at the front side of the chassis and two sliding rods running through a sliding member which is run through by two rods from the front side to the rear side. A moving cap that the two rods run through is provided to cover the sliding member having a slant plate at the front side. An anchor slat which is run through by a moving bar having a rear end movable along the jagged teeth of the guiding plate at the bottom is provided in front of the moving cap to be pivotally coupled with a handle bar having a rear end coupled with rollers which press the slant plate. By depressing the handle bar downwards, the moving cap can be moved forwards to make the moving bar to escape the jagged teeth of the guiding plate to be repositioned.

Abstract: A tenonizer apparatus has a motor and a circular cutting blade assembly mounted on a pivotable platform. A radius shoulder support shaft is pivotably mounted perpendicular to the circular cutting blade. The operator pushes and rotates the log along the shafts to create the tenon. Only one tenon can be cut at a time. A minimal set up time is required to switch between tenon types. The pivotable platform allows variable length tenons to be cut. The apparatus is portable.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a main frame that mounts atop a table saw. An axis shaft on a rocker assembly holds a wooden workpiece which is rotated and lowered into the circular cutting blade. Either a radius or square shoulder tenon can be cut depending on the orientation of the axis shaft.

Abstract: A universal tool for inspecting and processing plastic pipe includes a cylindrical chamfering element with a cylindrical wall and a pipe-receiving opening therein terminating in a base ring, the base ring carrying a tapered pin having an axis parallel to the axis of the cylindrical chamfering element, the wall of the chamfering element having a slot therein proximate the tapered pin and a four-edged cutting element mounted on the outer surface of the cylindrical wall and having one edge of the cutting element protruding through the slot in proximity to the tapered pin, the pipe to be chamfered being forced into contact with the cutting edge by axial pressure on the chamfering element and rotation thereof, an ovality-gage being carried by the chamfering element and being arcuatley rotatable, at the end of the arc rotation of the gage causing rotational forces to be applied to the chamfering element, i.e., the ovality-gage acting as a handle for the chamfering element.

Abstract: A pipe shaver having an elongated mandrel and a plurality of cutting tools is used to shave the outer surface of a predetermined length of a pipe. The mandrel is secured to a cup-shaped body having a plurality of lugs for carrying circular cutting tools. The mandrel and body are separated from each other to provide an annular space for accommodating the shaved end of the pipe. A power unit having an electric motor is used to rotate the shaver.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for performing remotemanipulated work on a conduit of a nuclear facility. The method of the invention is for maintaining pipe conduits in a radioactively contaminated cell such as a large-area cell of a reprocessing facility for irradiated nuclear fuel. The defective conduit portion to be removed is sawn out of a conduit and a replacement conduit segment is welded into the conduit. In order to provide for rapidly and accurately welding the replacement conduit segment into the conduit, the step of machining the two conduit end portions is combined with the step of determining the inside dimension between the conduit end portions formed by the step of sawing out the defective conduit portion. An apparatus for carrying out the method of the invention is also disclosed.

Abstract: A pipe lathe is disclosed for performing work on the end of a pipe. An arbor assembly having an arbor shaft is inserted in the end of the pipe. A hub having a frame is positioned on the arbor. An arm from the frame carries a cutter holder. The arm projects over the end of the pipe to position a single point cutter for cutting the outer surface of the pipe. Spiral threads coupled to the arbor shaft engage spiral threads on the hub to move the hub and frame toward or away from the pipe end when the hub is rotated to provide automatic longitudinal progression of the cutter along the outer pipe surface as the hub rotates. Automatic radial progression of the cutter toward or away from the center of the pipe is provided by two sprockets, a chain between the sprockets, and gearing on the cutter holder. One sprocket is located on the arbor shaft and does not rotate in relation to the arbor shaft. The other sprocket is located on the frame.

Abstract: A cutter body has a plurality of detachable blades mounted in a cutter body plate which extends into a hub that is mounted on a power shaft. Each blade comprises an upper blade edge and a lower blade edge held in place by a block which is removably retained on the cutter body by means of setscrews. Accordingly, it is unnecssary to weld or braze any of the parts in place.

Abstract: A tool head assembly for use in preparing a tube for welding including a center pilot which is rotatable. The center pilot is adapted to enter a bore of a tube to center the tool head assembly by being provided with ball bearings which rotate around the internal surface of the bore of the tube. In addition, the ball bearings are moveable thereby enabling a required operative diameter to be selected which enables the center pilot to enter the bores of a batch of tubes having a range of internal bores. The center pilot is engageable with a tool holder which is connectable to a machine tool. The tool holder also supports a pair of bevelling tools and a facing tool.

Abstract: A tool for chamfering the ends of plastic pipe of various diameters comprising a main body having various concentric circular grooves of different diameters which are shaped and sized to receive the square-cut ends of standard size plastic pipe. Each circular groove has an associated cutting blade mounted transversely with respect to the circumference of the pipe in a recess on the outer surface of the main body and positioned so that as the tool is rotated about the square-cut end of a pipe inserted in its correspondingly-sized groove, a chamfer is cut on the outer circular edge of the pipe. During the chamfering process, cuttings cannot enter the pipe because the open end of the pipe is covered by the tool and cuttings leave the tool through the recess. Cutting automatically ceases when the pipe end becomes seated in the groove.

Abstract: A chamfering apparatus for opposing end faces of a tubular member. The apparatus includes an abutment member capable of advancing toward or being retracted from a line of extension of the longitudinal axis of the tubular material so as to collide with the end face when advanced, a conveyor for transporting the tubular member toward the abutment member, a chuck provided between the abutment member and conveyor for releasably holding the tubular member on the conveyor, and a cutting tool displaceable relative to the end face of the tubular member received by the abutment member and held by the chuck. The cutting tool is capable of rotating around the longitudinal axis of the tubular member.

Abstract: A portable lathe (10) for machining precise conical surfaces on a fixed workpiece (42) using rotating inclined cutter bits (38) driven by air motors (16, 18) through drive shafts (64, 66), worm gears (68, 70), a ring gear (60) and a carrier shaft (52) that is axially movable towards and away from the workpiece under control of a feed control handwheel (78). Exhaust air with entrained lubricant from the drive motors cools and lubricates the interior of the lathe and blows chips out of the housing (12) through observation openings (86). Axial projections (48) are keyed to a workpiece (43) during a machining operation to prevent relative rotation between the workpiece, which is accurately located relative to the cutter bits by a conical guide (47) in the open end of the housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lead screw threading tool utilized to form external threads on the upper end of a cylindrical shroud of a shock absorber assembly of a vehicular suspension system. The tool includes an expandable collet which is inserted into one end of the shroud for maintaining a lead screw arbor in axial alignment with the interior opening of the shroud. The lead screw arbor is utilized for mounting a driver unit for longitudinal movement along the axis of the arbor. A thread forming die is fastened to the driver unit in such a manner so as to permit limited radial movement of the forming die relative to the axis of the arbor. The limited radial movement of the threading die permits the die to properly seat on the outer wall of the shroud in the event there is a variation in concentricity between the inner and outer walls of the cylindrical shroud.

Abstract: A metal pipe bevelling tool has a shaft with a forward end portion on which is mounted a mandrel with movable jaws engageable with the inside of a pipe end to hold the shaft coaxial with the pipe. A tool hub is rotatably supported by a rearward end portion of the shaft, the tool hub carrying cutting tools for bevelling the end of the pipe, and also having means engageable with an auxiliary power drive for rotating the tool hub. The tool hub, and consequently the whole apparatus, is enabled to be fairly small and light by a special mounting arrangement for the cutting tools. In this arrangement, the tool hub has recesses the axes of which lie in a direction extending outwardly and forwardly from the hub, and these recesses are each provided with a tool holding sleeve having an external surface fitting closely within the respective recess and defining a central cavity of square cross section for receiving the shank of a cutting tool.

Abstract: Apparatus for machining the seal faces of drill pipes having an adapter which screws onto a drill pipe, the adapter carrying a spindle non-rotatably supporting a sleeve which in turn supports a rotary tool head having a radially movable tool for facing the seal face of the drill pipe. The sleeve has support means solid therewith which carry a hydraulic motor geared to rotate the tool head, and the support means also carries the rear ends of hydraulic cylinders which cause radial feeding of the tool via a wedging mechanism. Special means are provided for solidly locking the adapter within the spindle after the adapter has been screwed onto a pipe end, and for adjusting the axial position of the tool head relative to the pipe.

Abstract: Apparatus for finishing the ends of pipes, particularly for shaping the ends of pipes preparatory to welding the pipes together end-to-end, wherein the cutting tool or tools employed to finish the pipe end are urged against the pipe end hydraulically, and wherein the hydraulic fluid is pressured by a hydraulic pump which operates in response to rotation of the pipe end finishing apparatus. A variety of cutting tools may be employed, singly or in combination, for finishing the butt end of the pipe in flat, beveled, or stepped condition.

Abstract: A pipe cutting or end prepping device capable of use in severely restricted spaces to cut through or shape for welding a hollow cylindrical pipe wall, which includes a rotatable tool bit support or carriage assembly adapted for insertion through an end of the pipe to be cut and located within the hollow bore of the pipe having one or more tool bits to cut into the pipe wall at the cutting site. A rotatable drive coupler is provided for releasably coupling a drive motor to the tool bit support or carriage for rotating the latter, and an anchor forming assembly in the form of a radially expandable and contractable annular collet forms a cylindrical pipe gripping surface to provide a stationary anchor station along the pipe adjacent the cutting site.

Abstract: A refacing tool by which the spaced seating surfaces of an oxy-acetylene cutting torch nozzle can be refaced. The tool includes a main body member from which there extends a plurality of support members. The support members are affixed to the main body and are radially spaced from one another and support a guide member. The support members each have cutting means thereon for simultaneously engaging the spaced seating surfaces of the nozzle. The guide member slidably receives the nozzle therethrough. In one embodiment of the invention, a second guide member is supported by a mid-portion of the support members and telescopingly receives a marginal end portion of the nozzle therewithin. The refacing tool restores the seating surfaces of the torch nozzle and represents a considerable savings to the welding industry which heretofore was not realized.

Abstract: For enlarging the bore in a workpiece, the present invention provides a collar that can be secured to the workpiece with a plate rotatably mounted on the collar. A handle supports a housing in which a cutting tool is rotatably positioned. The cutting tool extends through a slot in the plate so that the handle may move the cutting tool from a first position within the workpiece and spaced from the bore thereof to a second position in engagement with the bore that is to be enlarged. Further rotation of the handle moves the cutting tool concentrically about the axis of the workpiece so that the bore may be enlarged to the desired size. Adjustable stop means are provided for accurately determining the second position of the cutting tool prior to the cutting tool being moved circumferentially. Various adapter means of different sizes may be employed for utilizing the present invention with workpieces having different, correspondingly sized, diameters.

Abstract: A cutting head adapted to be manually operated is positioned in relation to a worn bearing so that when the cutting head is rotated with pressure applied in the axial direction against the bearing. The head advances axially along the bearing while rotating and shaves or machines away the worn bearing surface so that a new sleeve may be fitted over the machined surface to provide a new bearing surface of the same diameter and position as the original bearing surface prior to its wearing. In one form the cutting tool is mounted on a spindle inserted into the hollow of the bearing for machining an exterior bearing surface. In another embodiment, the cutting head is on a shaft inserted through the bearing for centering the head. In still another embodiment the cutting head is arranged to advance within a hollow bearing to machine an inside bearing surface. In all embodiments provision is made for stopping the advancement of the cutting head when the proper axial length of bearing surface has been machined.

Abstract: A tool for preparing tube ends for welding comprising a rotary tool head connected to the drive shaft of an air motor driven angle drive unit, said tool head having a plurality of radially extending arms provided with inclined cutting edges operative, upon rotation of the tool head and axial advance thereof with respect to the tube, to chamfer or bevel the end of the tube for welding, said tool head further being provided with guide means for rotation of the tool head about the tube axis. One form of tool herein is further characterized in that the cutter carrying arms are radially adjustable for chamfering different sizes of tubes. Another form of tool herein is further characterized in that at least one of the cutters is indexable to a position wherein the cutting edge thereof is perpendicular to the axis of the tube to dress the end surface of the tube.